Hello everyone. How are you all doing? Great. Why don't you all take a seat here? There is coffee and donuts on the table over there on your left. Help yourselves.

 

Now that everyone is settled in, I feel that we need to talk. The Winter Meetings have been pretty exciting so far, huh? Man Pujols and CJ Wilson to the Angles? Who saw that coming?! Pretty sick rotation they'll have next season.

 

But we're not here to talk about the Angels. Or Pujols. Or Wilson. Let's talk about the Marlins. It's been unfamiliar territory for us with our club tied to every possible free agent out there. Big names too. And big bodies (literally). At one point it really seemed like we may sign Albert Pujols to play in Miami. Could you imagine? A lineup with Hanley, Stanton, Morrison and Pujols? Wow. That's a lot of home runs right there.

 

But we didn't sign Pujols. We didn't sign Wilson. We probably won't sign Fielder.

 

But we did sign Jose Reyes. We did sign Heath Bell. We did sign Mark Buehrle. And yet some people are disappointed.

 

Right after the World Series ended, and we discussed what our payroll could be and how much we could spend, we were told anywhere between $85 and $100 million. $85 million was probably more likely. What was our hopes? Ehh maybe just Mark Buehrle and some solid bench bats.

 

We did get Mark Buehrle. But we didn't get any solid bench bats yet. No we only got Jose Reyes, the guy who just won a batting title, and Heath Bell, one of the top closers in the game right now. We just made Chris Coghlan a bench bat. We have to SETTLE for Gaby Sanchez playing 1B.

 

My point is that Marlins fans should be proud of what the organization has done and has ATTEMPTED to do this offseason so far. Take some time to reflect on all of this. And we may not even be done yet. There is still FA pitching possibilities out there. Cespedes could still be a possibility. This has been a benchmark week in club history. We are serious about spending money and making his team a winner. Catch our moves. Cool. International. And so forth.

 

It's a proud time to wear these hideous colors.

ill be happy when we're better than philly.

AND WE STILL AIN'T DONE!

Hello everyone. How are you all doing? Great. Why don't you all take a seat here? There is coffee and donuts on the table over there on your left. Help yourselves.

 

Now that everyone is settled in, I feel that we need to talk. The Winter Meetings have been pretty exciting so far, huh? Man Pujols and CJ Wilson to the Angles? Who saw that coming?! Pretty sick rotation they'll have next season.

 

But we're not here to talk about the Angels. Or Pujols. Or Wilson. Let's talk about the Marlins. It's been unfamiliar territory for us with our club tied to every possible free agent out there. Big names too. And big bodies (literally). At one point it really seemed like we may sign Albert Pujols to play in Miami. Could you imagine? A lineup with Hanley, Stanton, Morrison and Pujols? Wow. That's a lot of home runs right there.

 

But we didn't sign Pujols. We didn't sign Wilson. We probably won't sign Fielder.

 

But we did sign Jose Reyes. We did sign Heath Bell. We did sign Mark Buehrle. And yet some people are disappointed.

 

Right after the World Series ended, and we discussed what our payroll could be and how much we could spend, we were told anywhere between $85 and $100 million. $85 million was probably more likely. What was our hopes? Ehh maybe just Mark Buehrle and some solid bench bats.

 

We did get Mark Buehrle. But we didn't get any solid bench bats yet. No we only got Jose Reyes, the guy who just won a batting title, and Heath Bell, one of the top closers in the game right now. We just made Chris Coghlan a bench bat. We have to SETTLE for Gaby Sanchez playing 1B.

 

My point is that Marlins fans should be proud of what the organization has done and has ATTEMPTED to do this offseason so far. Take some time to reflect on all of this. And we may not even be done yet. There is still FA pitching possibilities out there. Cespedes could still be a possibility. This has been a benchmark week in club history. We are serious about spending money and making his team a winner. Catch our moves. Cool. International. And so forth.

 

It's a proud time to wear these hideous colors.

 

Give this man a Pulitzer prize

We still aren't poised to win the East. I don't really care about the sentimental stuff right now. Loria tried and should be applauded for it, but there are still things we need to address.

ill be happy when we're better than philly.

Signing high-priced free agents is kind of pointless when it just bumps us up to third place in the NL East instead of dead last.

Well said. Nice peice, sir.

Been a great start to the offseason. I hope some pitching concerns can still be addressed. But it's the first time in a LONG time I've had something exciting to follow during the winter meetings. And like the original poster said we may not have got Pujols or Wilson but we got Reyes, Buehrle, and Bell which is an excellent haul and possibly a much smarter use of money then Pujols for 10yrs/$220M or Wilson for 6yrs/$80M. LOTS of reasons to be excited/happy for any Marlins fan!

we still need starting pitching. right now next year we are looking at 80-85 wins. that will not get us to the playoffs, even with the new set up. I personally am disappointed we were unable to get that last piece to make us a team that could go all the way. We still could get that pitcher to solidify our rotation. but as of right now we are not where we need to be.

Thank you for the coffee and donuts, were they Krispy Cream donuts?

 

eh, im not 100% happy yet I still think we need a Big ''Fat'' Bat

Can't please everyone.

Nicely written, gizmo. Could go on the main page as a commentary piece.

Nicely written, gizmo. Could go on the main page as a commentary piece.

 

 

Thank you. Feel free, Admin.

1. It's December.

 

2. Our team could compete in the NL East right now.

Signing high-priced free agents is kind of pointless when it just bumps us up to third place in the NL East instead of dead last.

 

 

Dude, give it up with the third place. You've already said it.

1. It's December.

 

2. Our team could compete in the NL East right now.

 

Agreed with both points.

 

 

As I said earlier,

 

 

AND WE STILL AIN'T DONE!

1. It's December.

 

2. Our team could compete in the NL East right now.

 

 

^^ These are facts.

I don't think we're done yet.

I don't think we're done yet.

 

What did I say earlier?

 

 

 

AND WE STILL AIN'T DONE!

Mike knows.

I hope we're not done..

I have a hard time believing Miami has no interest in Fielder.

1. It's December.

 

2. Our team could compete in the NL East right now.

 

 

Very true, as long as key players (Reyes, Hanley, JJ) can stay healthy. Even more so if Hanley performs more so to his talent ability than last season.

I think we're a playoff team on paper. And if Hanley is Hanley of old, watch out.